FloriDUH: Bored? Crave some reckless excitement? Then steal a boat

May 18, 2012|Barbara Hijek, FloriDUH

Perry Kanada Townsend, 25, from Texas, and Amanda Marie Habhegger, 21, of St. Johns, were busted as they allegedly tried to steal one boat from a Sugarloaf Key marina, according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Deputies were called to the marina on Thursday morning after the owner reported his boat was stolen.

The owner, who lives on a houseboat offshore of the marina, told deputies when he looked out of the window of his houseboat that morning, he saw his 21-foot Pursuit sport boat about 75-yards away, according to the release.

The boat's owner found Townsend and Habhegger on the boat when he motored over to ask the couple what they were doing on his boat, the release states.

When they didn’t have anything to say, he instructed them to return to the dock and he called authorities.

Further investigation determined the two had tried to steal another boat first: They broke a window in the cabin and entered it, but couldn’t get the motor started, the report states.

Habhegger told investigators they “were bored and wanted to do something reckless” — plus they needed a place to sleep — so they took the boat offshore to sleep on it.

Both Townsend and Habhegger were charged with burglary, criminal mischief and grand theft.